Mr Paul Scott
- Senior Lecturer in Law (School of Law)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3933-7826Biography
Paul Scott studied law at the University of Glasgow (LLB, PhD) and the London School of Economics (LLM). His doctoral studies were funded by the University of Glasgow and the Modern Law Review. He was previously Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Southampton.
Research interests
Paul has a range of interests across the areas constitutional and administrative law, as well as in aspects of legal and constitutional theory. Of particular interest to him are republican constitutional theory, Scottish public law, and national security constitutionalism (the focus of much of his current research). He has published - and has work forthcoming - in a range of specialist and general legal journals.
Publications
2023
Scott, P. F. (2023) Corruption and the constitutional position of the Overseas Territories. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, (doi: 10.1080/14729342.2023.2210920) (Early Online Publication)
2022
Scott, P. F. (2022) Authorising crime: the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021. Modern Law Review, 85(5), pp. 1218-1244. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12751)
Scott, P. F. (2022) ‘Economic well-being’ in national security law and practice. King's Law Journal, 33(3), pp. 358-385. (doi: 10.1080/09615768.2022.2135252)
Scott, P. F. (2022) The first interception provision: Section 4 of the Official Secrets Act 1920. Journal of Legal History, 43(3), pp. 352-379. (doi: 10.1080/01440365.2022.2140487)
Scott, P. F. (2022) K D Ewing, Joan Mahoney and Andrew Moretta, MI5, The Cold War, and the Rule of Law. Edinburgh Law Review, 26(2), pp. 280-282. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2022.0772)[Book Review]
Scott, P. F. (2022) New Labour's secret national security constitution. In: Gordon, M. and Tucker, A. (eds.) The New Labour Constitution: Twenty Years On. Series: Hart studies in constitutional law. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781509924646
2021
Scott, P. F. (2021) Renouncing British citizenship. Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 35, pp. 7-27.
Scott, P. F. (2021) Writing the United Kingdom constitution. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 41(1), pp. 126-127. (doi: 10.1080/02606755.2020.1767860)[Book Review]
2020
Scott, P. F. (2020) Responding to COVID-19 in Scots Law. Edinburgh Law Review, 24(3), pp. 421-426. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2020.0657)
Scott, P. F. (2020) Book review: (B)ordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire by Nadine El-Enany. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 71(2), [Book Review]
Scott, P. F. (2020) The Privy Council and the constitutional legacies of empire. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 71(2), pp. 261-283.
Scott, P. F. (2020) Law, non-law, and torture: from the consolidated guidance to the principles. Public Law, 2020(Jul), pp. 488-507.
Scott, P. F. (2020) Passports, the right to travel, and national security in the Commonwealth. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 69(2), pp. 365-395. (doi: 10.1017/S0020589320000093)
Scott, P. F. (2020) The rule of law against judicial review? The quartet in Scots administrative law. In: Fifty Years of Modern Judicial Review. Hart Publishing. (Accepted for Publication)
Scott, P. F. (2020) Once more unto the breach: R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Edinburgh Law Review, 24(1), pp. 103-109. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2020.0605)
Scott, P. F. (2020) The contemporary security vetting landscape. Intelligence and National Security, 35(1), pp. 54-71. (doi: 10.1080/02684527.2019.1665688)
2019
Scott, P. F. (2019) Hybrid institutions in the national security constitution: the case of the Commissioners. Legal Studies, 39(3), pp. 432-454. (doi: 10.1017/lst.2018.44)
Scott, P. F. (2019) Parliament's Secret War by Veronika Fikfak and Hayley J Hooper. Public Law, 2019(1), pp. 228-232. [Book Review]
Scott, P. F. (2019) Faith in authority and the (political) constitution. King's Law Journal, 30(1), pp. 21-42. (doi: 10.1080/09615768.2019.1594616)
Scott, P. F. (2019) Secrecy and surveillance: lessons from the law of IMSI catchers. International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, 33(3), pp. 349-371. (doi: 10.1080/13600869.2019.1569872)
2018
Scott, P. F. (2018) The National Security Constitution. Series: Hart studies in security and justice. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781509911011 (doi: 10.5040/9781509911042)
2017
Scott, P. F. (2017) Secret evidence in civil proceedings resulting in restrictive measures in the United Kingdom. In: Vogel, B. (ed.) Secret Evidence in Court Proceedings. Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. (Accepted for Publication)
Scott, P. F. (2017) General warrants, thematic warrants, bulk warrants: property interference for national security purposes. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 68(2), pp. 99-121.
Scott, P. F. (2017) Ouster clauses and national security: judicial review of the investigatory powers tribunal. Public Law, 2017(3), pp. 355-362.
Iljadica, M. and Scott, P. F. (2017) Intellectual property and national security. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 12(1), pp. 49-61. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpw178)
McCorkindale, C., McHarg, A. and Scott, P. F. (2017) The courts, devolution, and constitutional review. University of Queensland Law Journal, 36(2), pp. 289-310.
Scott, P. F. (2017) Authority to carry in the United Kingdom: the right to travel, the privatisation of security and the rule of law. European Public Law, 23(4), pp. 787-810.
2016
Scott, P. F. (2016) An inherent jurisdiction to protect the public interest: from PII to ‘secret trials’. King's Law Journal, 27(2), pp. 259-275. (doi: 10.1080/09615768.2016.1220689)
Scott, P. (2016) Democracy, law and relationships of domination – a response to ‘can republicanism tame public health?'. Public Health Ethics, 9(2), pp. 134-135. (doi: 10.1093/phe/phw023) (PMID:27551293)
Scott, P. (2016) Case comment: R (Wang Yam) v Central Criminal Court. European Human Rights Law Review, 2016(2), pp. 195-200.
2015
McCorkindale, C. and Scott, P. F. (2015) Public interest judicial review in cross-border perspective. King's Law Journal, 26(3), pp. 412-439. (doi: 10.1080/09615768.2015.1071532)
Scott, P. F. (2015) The vanishing law of Crown act of state. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 66(4), pp. 367-386.
Scott, P. (2015) Entick v Carrington and the legal protection of property. In: Tomkins, A. and Scott, P. (eds.) Entick v Carrington: 250 Years of the Rule of Law. Series: Hart studies in comperative public law (9). Hart Publishing: Oxford, pp. 131-160. ISBN 9781849465588 (doi: 10.5040/9781474202268.ch-005)
Scott, P. (2015) Political publicity and improper purposes: Aberdeen City Council’s independence intervention. Public Law, 2015(2), pp. 275-289.
Tomkins, A. and Scott, P. (Eds.) (2015) Entick v Carrington: 250 Years of the Rule of Law. Series: Hart studies in comperative public law. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781849465588
2014
Scott, P. (2014) The Sovereignty of Law: Freedom, Constitution, and Common Law, by T.R.S. Allan, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 361pp., hardback, £50.00, ISBN: 978-0-19-968506-6. Law Quarterly Review, 130, pp. 162-165. [Book Review]
Scott, P. (2014) Crossing the Rubicon: closed hearings in the Supreme Court. Edinburgh Law Review, 18(1), pp. 88-93.
Scott, P. F. (2014) On 'domestic' law and the law of human rights: Osborn v The Parole Board. King's Law Journal, 25(2), pp. 147-154. (doi: 10.5235/09615768.25.2.147)
2013
Scott, P. F. (2013) (Political) constitutions and (Political) constitutionalism. German Law Journal, 14, pp. 2157-2184.
2011
Scott, P. (2011) Constitutional Review Under the UK Human Rights Act 1998, by Aileen Kavanagh, (Cambridge University Press, 2009), 455 pp., paperback, £34, ISBN: 978-0-52-168219-0. European Human Rights Law Review, 2011(6), pp. 752-754. [Book Review]
Scott, P. (2011) NW Barber, The Constitutional State Oxford: Oxford University Press (www.oup.com), Oxford Constitutional Theory, 2010. xiii + 199 pp. ISBN 9780199585014. £50. Edinburgh Law Review, 15(3), pp. 484-486. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2011.0063)[Book Review]
Articles
Scott, P. F. (2023) Corruption and the constitutional position of the Overseas Territories. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, (doi: 10.1080/14729342.2023.2210920) (Early Online Publication)
Scott, P. F. (2022) Authorising crime: the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021. Modern Law Review, 85(5), pp. 1218-1244. (doi: 10.1111/1468-2230.12751)
Scott, P. F. (2022) ‘Economic well-being’ in national security law and practice. King's Law Journal, 33(3), pp. 358-385. (doi: 10.1080/09615768.2022.2135252)
Scott, P. F. (2022) The first interception provision: Section 4 of the Official Secrets Act 1920. Journal of Legal History, 43(3), pp. 352-379. (doi: 10.1080/01440365.2022.2140487)
Scott, P. F. (2021) Renouncing British citizenship. Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 35, pp. 7-27.
Scott, P. F. (2020) Responding to COVID-19 in Scots Law. Edinburgh Law Review, 24(3), pp. 421-426. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2020.0657)
Scott, P. F. (2020) The Privy Council and the constitutional legacies of empire. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 71(2), pp. 261-283.
Scott, P. F. (2020) Law, non-law, and torture: from the consolidated guidance to the principles. Public Law, 2020(Jul), pp. 488-507.
Scott, P. F. (2020) Passports, the right to travel, and national security in the Commonwealth. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 69(2), pp. 365-395. (doi: 10.1017/S0020589320000093)
Scott, P. F. (2020) Once more unto the breach: R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Edinburgh Law Review, 24(1), pp. 103-109. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2020.0605)
Scott, P. F. (2020) The contemporary security vetting landscape. Intelligence and National Security, 35(1), pp. 54-71. (doi: 10.1080/02684527.2019.1665688)
Scott, P. F. (2019) Hybrid institutions in the national security constitution: the case of the Commissioners. Legal Studies, 39(3), pp. 432-454. (doi: 10.1017/lst.2018.44)
Scott, P. F. (2019) Faith in authority and the (political) constitution. King's Law Journal, 30(1), pp. 21-42. (doi: 10.1080/09615768.2019.1594616)
Scott, P. F. (2019) Secrecy and surveillance: lessons from the law of IMSI catchers. International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, 33(3), pp. 349-371. (doi: 10.1080/13600869.2019.1569872)
Scott, P. F. (2017) General warrants, thematic warrants, bulk warrants: property interference for national security purposes. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 68(2), pp. 99-121.
Scott, P. F. (2017) Ouster clauses and national security: judicial review of the investigatory powers tribunal. Public Law, 2017(3), pp. 355-362.
Iljadica, M. and Scott, P. F. (2017) Intellectual property and national security. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 12(1), pp. 49-61. (doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpw178)
McCorkindale, C., McHarg, A. and Scott, P. F. (2017) The courts, devolution, and constitutional review. University of Queensland Law Journal, 36(2), pp. 289-310.
Scott, P. F. (2017) Authority to carry in the United Kingdom: the right to travel, the privatisation of security and the rule of law. European Public Law, 23(4), pp. 787-810.
Scott, P. F. (2016) An inherent jurisdiction to protect the public interest: from PII to ‘secret trials’. King's Law Journal, 27(2), pp. 259-275. (doi: 10.1080/09615768.2016.1220689)
Scott, P. (2016) Democracy, law and relationships of domination – a response to ‘can republicanism tame public health?'. Public Health Ethics, 9(2), pp. 134-135. (doi: 10.1093/phe/phw023) (PMID:27551293)
Scott, P. (2016) Case comment: R (Wang Yam) v Central Criminal Court. European Human Rights Law Review, 2016(2), pp. 195-200.
McCorkindale, C. and Scott, P. F. (2015) Public interest judicial review in cross-border perspective. King's Law Journal, 26(3), pp. 412-439. (doi: 10.1080/09615768.2015.1071532)
Scott, P. F. (2015) The vanishing law of Crown act of state. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 66(4), pp. 367-386.
Scott, P. (2015) Political publicity and improper purposes: Aberdeen City Council’s independence intervention. Public Law, 2015(2), pp. 275-289.
Scott, P. (2014) Crossing the Rubicon: closed hearings in the Supreme Court. Edinburgh Law Review, 18(1), pp. 88-93.
Scott, P. F. (2014) On 'domestic' law and the law of human rights: Osborn v The Parole Board. King's Law Journal, 25(2), pp. 147-154. (doi: 10.5235/09615768.25.2.147)
Scott, P. F. (2013) (Political) constitutions and (Political) constitutionalism. German Law Journal, 14, pp. 2157-2184.
Books
Scott, P. F. (2018) The National Security Constitution. Series: Hart studies in security and justice. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781509911011 (doi: 10.5040/9781509911042)
Book Sections
Scott, P. F. (2022) New Labour's secret national security constitution. In: Gordon, M. and Tucker, A. (eds.) The New Labour Constitution: Twenty Years On. Series: Hart studies in constitutional law. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781509924646
Scott, P. F. (2020) The rule of law against judicial review? The quartet in Scots administrative law. In: Fifty Years of Modern Judicial Review. Hart Publishing. (Accepted for Publication)
Scott, P. F. (2017) Secret evidence in civil proceedings resulting in restrictive measures in the United Kingdom. In: Vogel, B. (ed.) Secret Evidence in Court Proceedings. Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. (Accepted for Publication)
Scott, P. (2015) Entick v Carrington and the legal protection of property. In: Tomkins, A. and Scott, P. (eds.) Entick v Carrington: 250 Years of the Rule of Law. Series: Hart studies in comperative public law (9). Hart Publishing: Oxford, pp. 131-160. ISBN 9781849465588 (doi: 10.5040/9781474202268.ch-005)
Book Reviews
Scott, P. F. (2022) K D Ewing, Joan Mahoney and Andrew Moretta, MI5, The Cold War, and the Rule of Law. Edinburgh Law Review, 26(2), pp. 280-282. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2022.0772)[Book Review]
Scott, P. F. (2021) Writing the United Kingdom constitution. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 41(1), pp. 126-127. (doi: 10.1080/02606755.2020.1767860)[Book Review]
Scott, P. F. (2020) Book review: (B)ordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire by Nadine El-Enany. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 71(2), [Book Review]
Scott, P. F. (2019) Parliament's Secret War by Veronika Fikfak and Hayley J Hooper. Public Law, 2019(1), pp. 228-232. [Book Review]
Scott, P. (2014) The Sovereignty of Law: Freedom, Constitution, and Common Law, by T.R.S. Allan, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 361pp., hardback, £50.00, ISBN: 978-0-19-968506-6. Law Quarterly Review, 130, pp. 162-165. [Book Review]
Scott, P. (2011) Constitutional Review Under the UK Human Rights Act 1998, by Aileen Kavanagh, (Cambridge University Press, 2009), 455 pp., paperback, £34, ISBN: 978-0-52-168219-0. European Human Rights Law Review, 2011(6), pp. 752-754. [Book Review]
Scott, P. (2011) NW Barber, The Constitutional State Oxford: Oxford University Press (www.oup.com), Oxford Constitutional Theory, 2010. xiii + 199 pp. ISBN 9780199585014. £50. Edinburgh Law Review, 15(3), pp. 484-486. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2011.0063)[Book Review]
Edited Books
Tomkins, A. and Scott, P. (Eds.) (2015) Entick v Carrington: 250 Years of the Rule of Law. Series: Hart studies in comperative public law. Hart Publishing: Oxford. ISBN 9781849465588
Grants
Dr Scott has been awarded the following:
2018
£3,300 was awarded to Dr Scott by the Society of Legal Scholars small projects and events fund, for a workshop on 'Constitutional Legacies of Empire'.
£1,360 was awarded to Dr Scott by the 'SLS Research Activities Fund 2018', for a project entitled ' The First Interception Provision: an archival investigation of Section 4 of the Official Secrets Act 1920'.
Supervision
Beril Taskin Kapusuzoglu - 'Regulating the Regulators'
- Kaya, Elif Busra
How much administrative power is “bearable” in a judicial review within the UK’s constitutional order in the 21st century?
Teaching
Paul contributes to the teaching of Constitutional Law 1 and Law and Government. He convenes the Constitutional Law Honours module.